Niger youths cry out over incessant killing of farmers, call for govt intervention

The National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Niger State chapter, is alarmed by the incessant killings of farmers in the state.

The concerned youths called on the federal and Niger State governments to take proactive measures to end the sad killing.

NYCN, in a statement by its state president, Abdullahi Mohammed on Saturday stated that the insecurity has led to the closure of over 200 schools in local communities for the past three years.

According to him, Minna, the state capital has continued to witness ungodly activities of thugs and miscreants who have been disturbing the peace of residents and also lamented that the state has not tamed the tide of banditry and insurgency that has displaced thousands of rural farmers.

He explained: “The government should engage traditional rulers and youths in the ongoing fight against insecurity [and] security operatives should be fully equipped with modern fighting gadgets to enable them [to] discharge their duties effectively.”

Mohammed added that youths would be forced to take further action in three weeks if the government did not take urgent measures to address the ongoing killings in the state.

However, the youths demanded compensation for victims, villages, and security operatives whose loved ones have been killed, kidnapped, or displaced.